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[myboynoah]

A Mormon church in need of reform

Reads like one of those letters on exmo.com.

After the fairly comprehensive, yet standard, list of problematic issues, she ends with a call for reform. She even namedrops Tal Bachman. :yikes:

It sounds like she wants to part of a relgion that will accomodate her non-belief. Someone should direct her to JDehlin's little band.

[pellegrino]

A Mormon church in need of reform

Reads like one of those letters on exmo.com.

After the fairly comprehensive, yet standard, list of problematic issues, she ends with a call for reform. She even namedrops Tal Bachman. :yikes:

It sounds like she wants to part of a relgion that will accomodate her non-belief. Someone should direct her to JDehlin's little band.

she's probably already found it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Ugh...

Yeah, if Steve Benson and Tal Bachman are her heros, it is not surprising that she cranked out such a shallow, hyperbolic rant.

[myboynoah]

she's probably already found it.

Then I don't get what she wants. She's opted out, which should provide relief from all of her cognitive dissonance. She's got real famous people that feel the same way she does. There are places she can go to practice her non-belief.

What else is there?

It's the funeral potatoes. She really misses the funeral potatoes.

[creekster]

Ugh...

Yeah, if Steve Benson and Tal Bachman are her heros, it is not surprising that she cranked out such a shallow, hyperbolic rant.

no kidding.

[DU Ute]

I'm in no way implying that this is the case all or even much of the time, but some people who leave the Church are shunned by friends and family because they are self-important, condescending ass-holes, not because they apostisized.

[old_gregg]

I'm in no way implying that this is the case all or even much of the time, but some people who leave the Church are shunned by friends and family because they are self-important, condescending ass-holes, not because they apostisized.

ding ding ding

[UtahDan]

Former Mormons know the family estrangement and bigotry that often come with questioning or leaving the church.

It sounds like she wants to part of a relgion that will accomodate her non-belief. Someone should direct her to JDehlin's little band.

it is not surprising that she cranked out such a shallow, hyperbolic rant.

no kidding.

but some people who leave the Church are shunned by friends and family because they are self-important, condescending ass-holes, not because they apostisized.

ding ding ding

Thank goodness you fellas are here to put the lie to all this nonsense!

[myboynoah]

Thank goodness you fellas are here to put the lie to all this nonsense!

I expressed a desire that she find a place more accomodating of her non-belief, and even suggested one option. If she were my mother, sister, daughter, niece, cousin, friend, or any other relation, I would not shun her. But she's shouldn't be immune to a some critism in return.

[DU Ute]

Thank goodness you fellas are here to put the lie to all this nonsense!

Just because her slanted, broad brushed opinion drew criticism doesn't mean she's being ostracized, or that her critics are bigots. Some people who think the Church should be more open to criticism can get a little testy when the same criticism is turned back on their opinions.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Thank goodness you fellas are here to put the lie to all this nonsense!

Ah geez. You can't be serious.

[old_gregg]

Thank goodness you fellas are here to put the lie to all this nonsense!

[RobinFinderson]

I can just imagine the encounter between Ms. Carrie Sheffield and President Monson, Tom:

Carrie Sheffield notices Prez-Mo-T picking up a couple of lollypops in a small convenience store. She charges up to him and begins to passionately present her ideas for improving the church. As she presents her view, Prez-Mo-T unwraps a lollypop, drops the wrapper on the floor, and steps up to Ms. Sheffield just as she finishes saying, "And that is how I think the church could become a much friendlier place to women, gay people, and the many people who want to partake of our communal spirit, even if they can't bring themselves to believe everything the church claims as doctrine."

Prez-Mo-T: You want it to be one way.
Ms. Sheffield: What?
Prez-Mo-T: You want it to be one way.
Ms. Shefield: I don't follow what you are saying.
Prez-Mo-T: You want it to be one way.
(Ms. Shefield now looking very nervous)
Ms. Shefield: Why do you keep saying that?
Prez-Mo-T: But it's the other way.
(Prez-Mo-T looks to the cashier, holds up the two lollipops and says, "Take it out of your tithing." He pops the unwrapped lollipop into his mouth and walks out the door.)

[Viking]

Poorly written. Tal Bachman?? Come on!

[Sleeping in EQ]

Sunlight will be good for the Church.